On Sat, 18 Sep 1999, Jon Dowd wrote:
> I know to most of you this thing I have done is so elemental it is
> perhaps laughable, but after A LOT of head scratching and reading I
> have finally been able to dual boot both of my machines using LILO!
> I wanted Win95 to be default and the time waiting for it to start to
> be short.
> Using linux.conf was pretty hit and miss for me. What worked was
> looking at some examples of /etc/lilo.conf and using emacs to edit
> my file and mixing the lines to suit my needs and then learning to
> do /sbin/lilo after saving the configuration file is a HUGE step
> forward for me.
> Now I have the confidence to try ppp. Ha !
+ the fact you have learned more in that exercise than anyone who
uses GUI programs with a simple click and go approcach. These days
the public wants GUI just like widows is, but when all one does is
click a mouse and expect the software to do the rest funny things
happen. Working on ones system changing files with a normal editor in
text mode is the best way to learn how linux works.
I have been using Linux for years, i've only just started using X all
the time, i still often switch back to a console to do a lot of
things, but then again i'm stubburn and stuck in my ways and i
suppose some would say live in the past. But at least i know HOW
linux works.
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Regards Richard
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